Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21521
(formerly occ/5348)

	ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὐρεῖν ἐν \| βίω·
	ἄλλοι δὲ γῆν σπεύδουσιν καὶ σμα\|ράγδους·
	καὶ πάντα πλούτων προσ\|λαβεῖν ἀπληστείαν·
	ὁ κύριος δὲ τοῦ \| παρῶντος βιβλίου,
	οὐ μαργαρί\|τας οὐ λίθον οὐ χρυσίου·
	τὴν καλὴν \| τὲ τὴν τοῦ προφήτου λόγον·
	σαφῶς \| ἀνεύρων ἐξερέτος ἐνθέου·
	ἔνθεν \| σύνειξεν, πλούτον ὡς μένη μόνος·
	ράπαντα γῆς γὰρ καὶ λόγος μένει \|\| μόνος·
	ἀλλʹ ὁ βραχίον δεξιὰς ἀκη\|ράτου +

Type(s)	[1955] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 1263 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 291r-291v
Palaeographical information	Astruc (1960: 502): 'vers du copiste à l'encre rouge souvent pâlie'.
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by four single verse formulaic epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	Astruc (1960: 502): 'adieux du copiste en vers de douze syllabes'.
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b11004069s/f297.item https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b11004069s/f298.item
Bibliography	Primary C. Astruc, M. Concasty, 1960, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des manuscripts. Catalogue des manuscripts grecs. Le supplément grec. Tome 3: Nos 901-1371 (vol. 3.3), Paris: 502
Number of verses	10
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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